You May Think I'm Lost by Amos

There's a small puppy sleeping,
Under a chair
Your poor human owners don't know you are there.
They are calling and looking,
Up streets and down wells,
But you're sleeping too soundly to answer their yells!

Chorus:
"Oh you may think I'm lost, but that isn't the case!
You think I have vanished 'cause you can't see my face!
Oh you silly old humans! You may stop all your screaming!
You may think I'm lost, but I'm dreaming!!"

There's a small child asleep
In an old apple tree
Her parents are calling her name anxiously
She is visiting planets,
And dancing with light,
But her parents are having a terrible fright!

Chorus:
"Oh you may think I'm lost, but that isn't the case
Do you think I have vanished 'cause you can't see my face?
Oh you silly old grownups! You may stop all your screaming!
You may think I'm lost, but I'm dreaming!!"

There's a young woman's father
She sees when she can
In a home where they still
Dress him up like a man,
When he drools and he whispers
And can't use his hands
She just raises her voice to make him understand.

Chorus:
"Oh you may think I'm lost, but that isn't the case!
Just 'cuz I stopped yapping through the hole in my face!
Oh you silly young woman! You may stop all your screaming!
You may think I'm lost, but I'm dreaming!!"

There's a fool on the street
Who offends passers-by
They flinch from his old clothes
And his wild rolling eyes
And the Pastor walks past him,
A-shaking his head
At a lost soul he thinks he must give up for dead!

Chorus:
"Oh you may think I'm lost, but that isn't the case!
You think I have vanished 'cause I won't run your race.
Oh you silly old cleric, with your pastoral scheming!
You may think I'm lost, but I'm dreaming!!"

Copyright © 2001, Amos Jessup